Review Culture 'The Rocket' November 30, 2007 • The career of Quebec-born hockey legend Maurice "The Rocket" Richard — first NHL player to score 50 goals in 50 games — gets a handsome if conventional look in this biopic; Roy Dupuis stars.
'Diving Bell' Celebrates Life of the Mind November 30, 2007 • The new film by Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, depicts the reawakening of a French magazine editor after a massive stroke left him paralyzed except for his left eye. That tiny portal became his means of communication. 'Diving Bell' Celebrates Life of the Mind Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16780118/16784401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Summary Judgment: 'Diving' Into The Movies November 30, 2007 • Mark Jordan Legan of the online magazine Slate.com explores what critics are saying about the The Savages, Awake, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Summary Judgment: 'Diving' Into The Movies Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16771854/16771839" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review 'Diving' into a Personal Story Fresh Air November 30, 2007 • The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, a French film by Julian Schnabel (Basquiat and Before Night Falls), is based on a memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby, an Elle magazine editor who suffered a stroke. Afterward, a therapist taught him to communicate by blinking his left eye. 'Diving' into a Personal Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16772769/16778690" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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A Beautiful Movie: 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' November 30, 2007 • Reviews of the weekend's big movies with Metro critic Daniel Holloway. A Beautiful Movie: 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16763253/16763217" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny November 30, 2007 • Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's 1997 memoir, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is an unexpectedly funny film. It was written after a stroke left Bauby almost completely paralyzed. With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16763767/16763717" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Culture 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' November 29, 2007 • A womanizing fashion editor is felled by a stroke, then learns to communicate again by blinking. Months later, he has dictated a memoir — the inspiration for this wildly creative film by neo-expressionist Julian Schnabel. (Recommended)
Culture Curtain Goes Up on Broadway; TV Airs Reruns November 29, 2007 • The curtain will go up Thursday on most of the Broadway shows that have been closed for 19 days by a stagehands strike. Stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on the fight, which has kept more than two dozen shows in the dark. Steve Inskeep and Jeff Lunden discuss the end of the stagehands strike on Morning Edition Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16730151/16727255" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Culture Broadway Curtains Rising Again November 29, 2007 • The Broadway stagehands strike is over. Meanwhile, the Hollywood writers strike continues, and strike by news writers looms. Broadway Curtains Rising Again Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16726361/16726317" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Director Baumbach Tracks Family Failure November 29, 2007 • In his latest film, Margot at the Wedding, Noah Baumbach continues his exploration of families falling apart. Director Baumbach Tracks Family Failure Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16726350/16726314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion 'The Savages' Captures Realities of a Family Crisis November 28, 2007 • The Savages, with its depiction of family members dealing with their ailing father, hit close to home for NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Movies are emotionally effective, Mondello says, because they come so close to the truth. 'The Savages' Captures Realities of a Family Crisis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16703107/16703084" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Laura Linney Explores the Art, Artifice of Acting November 28, 2007 • In her new dark comedy, The Savages, Laura Linney tackles the role of a woman coping with her ailing father. Linney talks about good and bad scripts, and her philosophy that actors shouldn't use personal feelings to portray a character's emotions. Laura Linney Explores the Art, Artifice of Acting Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16621516/16700191" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Documentary Spotlights West African 'Sisters In Law' November 27, 2007 • Two women in the West African nation of Cameroon are delivering justice and breaking gender barriers in the courtroom. Their work is the subject of the documentary Sisters-in-Law. Judge Vera Ngassa, one of the women featured in the film, and filmmaker Kim Longinotto discuss the women's unique bond and the idea behind creating the documentary. Documentary Spotlights West African 'Sisters In Law' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16652044/16652037" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Tamara Jenkins, Laughing with 'The Savages' Fresh Air November 27, 2007 • In Tamara Jenkins' new film, two 40-something siblings learn to deal with their elderly father's dementia. The film — it's a comedy — stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. Jenkins' previous film work includes The Slums of Beverly Hills. Tamara Jenkins, Laughing with 'The Savages' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16654231/16654225" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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From Novel to Movie: Remaking 'The Namesake' November 27, 2007 • Film director Mira Nair is adapting Jhumpa Lahiri's novel about an Indian immigrant to the United States. Nair talks about the challenge of bringing a book to life on screen. From Novel to Movie: Remaking 'The Namesake' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16649306/16649232" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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